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Quasi-light Storage for Optical Data Packets
Published on: February 6, 2014
Free-space ballistic laser propagation of a pulse coded data stream through fog
1Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers, New York State Center of Advanced Technology for Ultrafast Photonic Materials and Applications, Department of Physics, University of New York, 10031, USA.
Abstract:
We describe the use of space and polarization gates in a study of free-space optical communication of a coded pulse train as it passes through turbid media. The propagation of coded signals at 10 GHz through adverse environmental conditions is demonstrated. Polarization and space-gating techniques are used to improve the signal-to-noise ratio and to enhance the information fidelity of high-bit-rate transmitted signals, which shows potential improvement for cloud, fog, and smog applications.
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